Extra! Extra! Read All About All The New DT TO MOB Updates!

There has been a lot of stuff happening since our kickoff!

Vancouver We Day was on October 13th and one of our awesome MOB leads Lindsey attended and got to see amazing speakers like Shaq, Mia Farrow and Mikhail Gorbachev and hear performances from Hedley, Down With Webster and of course, Mr. Swagger himself, Shawn Desman! If you weren't able to watch the show online, never fear, highlights from both We Day Toronto and Vancouver will be airing on October 30th at 7pm on MuchMusic and on November 26th at 7pm on CTV!

We also had Pod 4 complete their One Day, One Night: We Won't Take A Bite event on October 15th at High Park! Check out some amazing shots Celeste took throughout the event!

We also welcomed a new member to our leadership team, Julia! You guys will all get a chance to meet this awesome girl super soon because...

On Saturday, October 29th, the remaining 3 Pods will be having their One Day One Night event at the Me To We Store from 1-5! It's going to be an awesome day so RSVP with any of the MOB Leadership team and we hope to see you there!

We'd also like to update you on the latest in our social media news! The DT TO MOBilizers "friend" page will be deleted in the next couple of days as we have instead set up a community Page where you can "like" us and encourage your friends to "like" us to! We feel this will be a more effective means of communication so please like us at http://www.facebook.com/dttomobilizers

We also have a Twitter now so follow us at http://twitter.com/DTTOmobilizers

LASTLY! Make sure you all are marking your calenders for our HUGE Silent Cities event on November 13th! Sign up here and encourage everyone you know to come and join us! 

http://silenttoronto-estw.eventbrite.com/

Super stoked to see you all on the 29th for One Day One Night, the 31st for Halloween For Hunger and the 13th for Silent Cities!

GET EXCITED DT TO MOB!

Mad Lovin' From Your Leadership Team!

-Daniela, Lindsey, Zoe and Julia!

OUR MOB-TASTIC MONTH AHEAD

Your MOB leadership team has a lot to be thankful for this long weekend and the main reason why is because we have TWO more events to share with you this month!!!

In the next few days you will be receiving an email from your "Pod Lead". These pods are mini-groupings of MOBilizers based on their location in the city who will be coming together for certain events, such as One Day, One Night: We Won't Take A Bite and Halloween For Hunger!

The first of these, One Day, One Night: We Won't Take A Bite is going to be a hunger fast that we are doing as a MOB in order to increase our number of can donations for local food banks. Our entire MOB will be fasting from 5pm Friday October 14th until 5pm Saturday October 15th. During this time, if you wish, you can ask for pledges  from your family and friends and on Saturday we will be gathering in our pods to do some activities and collect some more cans and just generally have some more MOB-bonding time, which is always a great time :)

But you may ask, why are we collecting cans so early? Halloween For Hunger isn't until October 31st?


Well my friends, our two October events mark the beginning of the TORONTO MOB POD CHALLENGE !!!!!


Basically, we're going to be keeping track of which pods collect the most food over the course of the month and the winning pod will get a special surprise from your leadership team! Sound cool? YOU BET IT DOES!


So guys enjoy your long weekend and make sure you keep checking your emails and Facebook for more info about the awesome MOB times ahead <3

MAD MOB LOVING!
-Zoe, Lindsey, Gaby and Daniela


PS: We are loving the posts on our Facebook wall (especially Asha and Alex's llama song!) Keep posting away! Also wanted to give a shout out to Ryan and Asha for sharing links to two projects being supported in the Aviva Community Fund! Let's help our fellow MOBilizers out by voting for...


...Healing Hearts http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11708
and
...Spread The Love http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11505

You can vote once a day until the contest closes on October 19th so show them some love and get voting! Keep sharing your stories and please keep us updated and let us know what you guys are doing to change the world! :) YOU ROCK OUR SOCKS DT TO!

KICKOFF= SUCCESS!

Thank you so much for all the people who came out to our DT TO MOB kickoff on Saturday! It was a huge success and we were so glad to have the chance to meet all of you!

For those of you who weren't able to come down, here's a little recap!

We started the day off with some snacks and intros including the ever interesting, Two Truths and A Lie game :)

It was really cool to hear about all the amazing things our (Mob)ilizers have done. We heard about your pet llamas, cloud walks and interviews with the Jonas Brothers as well as got to know this year's MOB Leadership Team better too! 

Next came a visit from 2/3 of our lovely BaseCamp staff! Natasha and Kevin stopped by to talk a little bit about their role at Free The Children and our MOB Village, Llullin Totoras in Ecuador.

After that, our first special guest arrived! Michel Chikwanine, Me To We Speaker and all around inspirational human being stopped by the Me To We Store to greet the DT TO MOB and share a little bit of his story with us. 

Afterwards, we started discussing MOB Calender and all the fantastic things the MOB has planned for this year! We heard some amazing ideas and are super excited about putting them all into action! If you have any ideas you'd like to share with the MOB, please let us know! Shoot us an email at dt.to.mobilizers@gmail.com or post on our Facebook! We want to know what YOU want to do to make a difference! You will also be receiving an email with info about your Core Team and MOB Leads! Be sure to connect with us and let us know your plans! This month we will be organizing events for One Day, One Night: We Won't Take A Bite and Halloween For Hunger! Let us know what YOU want to see happen for these events and let's work together to make them a reality!

After saying goodbye to some of our team, the remaining (Mob)ilizers headed out to the park where we played an intense game of Lava Pit, sharing laughs, smiles...and a few falls. Overall it was a great bonding experience and we had a fantastic time trying to figure out the best way to bring the team across the "lava" :)

Afterwards, although most (Mob)ilizers had left, our second special guest arrived late with gifts of ice cream sandwiches for all! Marc Kielburger dropped by the Store to say how proud he was of all of us and how excited he is to hear about the amazing things DT TO MOB has in the works!

It was a fantastic day and we were so glad to share it with all of you! Thanks to Michel and Marc for stopping by and we can't wait to see you all for One Day, One Night: We Won't Take A Bite!

MUCH MOB LOVE!

-Lindsey, Zoe, Daniela and Gaby

WELCOME 2011-2012 MOBILIZERS

HELLO DOWNTOWN TORONTO MOBILIZERS!

It's so amazing to have all of you joining our MOB this year! We know you're all super passionate about creating lasting change and are STOKED to hear about all your incredible ideas!

Which is why....

WE can't wait to meet YOU!

On October 1st we'll be having our very first MOB event of the year and it's going to be EPIC!!!!


We can't wait to meet all of you for the very first time and truly start building the community that is the Mobilizers. Because, MOB isn't just a bunch of kids who want to get some stuff to put on their resume. MOB is a group of crazy passionate, crazy cool, crazy dedicated youth who want to create lasting change locally and globally. MOB is about making connections, making a difference, and making a family. Because we aren't just one MOB. We are a part of a movement of 31+ cities across Canada and the US. We are a part of a network of change makers making a difference in Toronto, in Haiti, in Ecuador, etc. We are empowered, committed and just plain awesome individuals and we just can't wait to get this year's party rocking!

So here's what you need to know...
WHO: DT TO MOB!
WHAT: MOB KICKOFF PARTY!
WHEN: OCTOBER 1ST FROM 2PM TO 8PM!
WHERE: THE ME TO WE STORE 223 CARLTON STREET
WHY: TO START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT!
HOW: BY BRINGING A PEN, PAPER, SOME TASTY FOOD AND YOURSELVES!

Keep checking your emails as details about the event day will be sent out shortly. This email will be VERY IMPORTANT so make sure you keep checking regularly!

But hey, don't wait for the Kickoff to start making a difference!
Check out www.weday.com and share in the epicness that is We Day all year round!
And also add the DT TO Mobilizers on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002960041060
We love making new friends! RSVP to the event, share with us some stories or comments on our Wall, we'd love to get to know you better!

That's all for now folks, hope to see you real soon at Kickoff!

MUCH MOB LOVE
Lindsey, Zoe and Daniela

Paparazzi

MOBILIZERS!!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to Kindness Day - what an amazing day! You guys were all superstars - in fact a week later I was outside of Toronto meeting with some educator and one of them was telling me about this amazing group of young people she saw last Sunday in Nathan Philips Square who were giving out free hugs...

That's right your actions were remembered, you made people smile, laugh and have a truly great day.

Here are some amazing photos compliments of Daniela!

http://s652.photobucket.com/albums/uu242/dani1394/MOB%20Random%20Acts%20of%20Kindness%20Community%20Event/

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TOP SECRET (not really): 

At the beginning of April we will be hosting a star-studded benefit concert to raise enough money for our MOB village in Ecuador! Exact details TBA but here is a sneak preview:

- Amazing Bands

- Top Notch Venue

- Over 500 people in attendance 

- Many many many surprise...

PEACE and L O V E

Calvin Mitchell and the T- DOT Core Team 

We are back now let's move the masses!

We have missed you all, it has been way to long - but no fear this spring is going to be A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

This Sunday February 13th, 2011 from 1pm-4pm we will be having a Kindness Day in Nathan Philips Square with the Toronto MOB!

Please meet there during that time, wear Me to We Style or MOB shirts if you have them :)

We will be spreading the kindness through:
- Free hot chocolate
- Free hugs (bring your posters)
- Free face painting
- Free tattoos
- Inspirational Quotes
- And many random acts of Kindness

Please please some out an bring friends!

Peace and Love,
See you Sunday if you have any question e-mail calvin.mitchell@metowe.com

Welcome Mobilizers to the ME TO WE STORE

Hey Mobilizers,

I hope you enjoy this live update from the Me to We Store on 223 Carlton (right next to the Me to We Offices.)

There's a great energy here in the store with lots of Mobilizers here visiting with Marc Kielburger himself and hearing from Kelsi and Kevin about their road trip excitement (that's right just 20 minutes ago they showed up in person at the store SURPRISE!)

Although we have not seen each other since Vow of Silence (which was beautiful you guys, you should all be very proud.) We want to assure you that the MOB is still buzzing and come January there are going to be many amazing events happening, including another Community Action Event.

We wish you all the best over the Holiday Season, be safe, be happy and Be the Change!

Peace and Love
C-Mitch and the MOB CORE TEAM